Slow That Decision Down
“Don't rush me, sonny! You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles,” warned Billy Crystal, costumed up as Miracle Max in the 1987 classic The[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Latest Blog Posts — Page 29
RiShawn Biddle
Hobbies for Perfectionists
The Wharton-educated bank executive quits weekend bird-watching excursions after missing a prothonotary warbler (rare orange and yellow-headed songbird)[...]
davidmark
The Science of Play
As a kid who wasn’t allowed to watch television, the focus of my childhood was play. The games are too many to count. There was, for example, a little girl[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Churchill’s Finest Hobby
Winston Churchill once wrote that “The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first importance”. He knew this well. Even[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Stop Busywork Now!
You already know that busywork does nothing more than create the perception that people are working harder than they really are. In fact, 65 percent of your[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Breaking the Addiction to Busy Work
Hi, my name is Larry, and I'm an addict. I've been clean and sober for three years, two months, and eight days. My drug of choice was not alcohol, narcotics,[...]
Larry Wilson
Meetings Gone Wildly Wrong
Timothy Wiedman was once a top regional manager for a national retail photofinishing company. He worked hard. Thanks to the company’s “use it or lose it”[...]
Andrea Williams
How to Lead Remote Workers
The long-running debate on the value of working remotely has been rendered moot, at least for now, by the coronavirus. Pundits and consultants have debated[...]
briancarney
When Goals Don’t Cut It, Focus on Obstacles
Emily wanted to work in marketing. She was young and had no experience. She’d skipped college and used a portfolio of work and a Praxis apprenticeship to win[...]
Isaac Morehosue
Why After-Action Reviews Are So Important
One of the critical differences between military and civilian organizations is that most military organizations can only simulate their wartime missions in[...]
mikeharris